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Manuscript written on paper in handwriting

Order of prayers according to the rite of Southern Italy (Sicily or Calabria). The Ms. is a Maḥzor, order of services, for the major holidays of the year and the Sabbath. It includes the prescribed prayers for the beginning of the service and then only references prayers around the liturgical poetry. The division of the Ms. is as follows: Taʻanit Esther, Purim, Parah, Ḥodesh, Shabat ha-Gadol, Passover (includes Haggadah), Masekhet Avot, and Shavuʻot

The Ms. includes an additional appendix (X893 J5169a) with the list of the poems, of which some are unique to this prayer book

For more about the text see E.D. Goldschmidt, ʻAl Maḥzor Romania u-minhagaṿ, Sefunot 8 (1964) Columbia University Catalog: go to CLIO

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